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BUTTON PASTENER.

No. 341,944. Patented May 18, 1886.

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UNlTED STATES GEORGE \V. PRENTIOE, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

BUTTON-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 3%]..944, dated May 18,1886, Application filed February G, 1886. Serial No. 191,008. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonen W. PRENTICE, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Providence, in the countyof Providence and State ofRhode Island, have invented certain new and usefulImprovementsinButton-Fasteners; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon,whi'ch form a part ofthis specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a novel and simplifiedconstruction of button fastenerfor attaching eye shank buttons to shoesor other articles; and it consists, essentially, of a table adapted torest on the upper surface of the material to which the device is to beattached, one side of said table being provided with an open loop forthe reception of the eye of a button, said loop being bent over thetable with its free end projecting downward and rearward from the prongsand designed to be clamped between said table and the material whenattached thereto, said table to be secured to fabric by integral prongsin the usual manner, substantially as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved fastener; Fig. 2, asideelevation ofthe same with button as attached to material.

In carrying out my improvement the fast ener is in the present instancemade from wire, doubled at the center of its length, the doubled wirelying side by side for a short distance, and then diverging, forming thetables 2 2, terminating in the prongs l 1. The inner or doubled portionof the fastener is bent over upon itself to form the loop 3, for thereception of the eye ofa button, the free end 4 of said loop projectingdownward between the tables 2 2 and rearward from the prongs 1 1, asfully shown in Fig. 1. The ends of the prongs are sharpened to readilypenetrate material in attachment.

In securing a button to a shoe or other article, the eye of the buttonis passed over the free end 4. into the loop 3 of the fastener. Thecombined button and fastener is then placed in one member of asuitably-organized machine, the loop and button being firmly held insaid member. The prongs of the fastener are then forced through thematerial and securely clinched on the under surface thereof by contactwith a clinching device located in the opposite member of the machine.The action of clinching the prongs forces the table of the fastenerupward toward the free end of the loop, causing said free end to be bentrearward from the prongs under said loop, as fully shown in Fig. 2,firmly attaching the fastener to said material and holding it securelyagainst any strain which may be brought to bear on the button.

I have shown and described my improved fastener as made from wire. Itmay with equally good effect he made from a blank cut from a sheet ofmetal the same form substantially as in wire, but is more expensive.

My improved fastener is strong and relia ble, easily and cheaply made,and admirably adapted for the purpose contemplated.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. A fastener comprising a tableand two prongs formed from doubled wire, the doubled portion of saidwire being formed into a loop bent over the table, with its free endprojecting downward through said table, and rearward from the prongs,substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. A button-fastener consisting of a table having two parallel prongsprojecting from one side, and a loop for the reception of the eye of abutton projecting from the opposite side of the table, the free end ofsaid loop being bent over the table toward the prongs, downward throughsaid table, and pointing rearward from said prongs, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE IV. PRENTIGE. lVitnesses:

F. A. SMITH, J r., CHARLES GREENE.

